Official Patch Notes for World of Warcraft 7.1.5

The official 7.1.5 Patch Notes have finally been posted by Blizzard. These notes provide an official breakdown of all the patch changes, including class updates.For more information, check out Wowhead's own survival guide on the following 7.1.5 topics:

One notable change that did not make it into the post is that some cooldown reduction Artifact Traits have been nerfed. Instead of reducing the cooldown of an ability by 10 seconds for each Rank from Rank 1 to 6, the cooldown reduction amounts now go 10/10/10/8/6/4 sec. This affects traits like and and their related relics. Kib has also pointed out that is affected; instead of 20 second cooldown reductions, the amounts now go 20/20/20/15/15/10.

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New Features

New Bonus Event - Mists of Pandaria Timewalking (Guide)For players at level 91 and higher, a new Bonus Event every few weeks.Dungeons:

New Timewalking Vendor on Timeless Isle, offering:

Reins of the Heavenly Jade Cloud Serpent ( mount)

2 new pets— (dragonkin) and (aquatic)

Reputation Tokens for all major Pandaria factions and friendship items

2 new Toys— and

, to help chefs who've missed out on Pandaren cuisine

Updated equipment selections from Pandaria factions

Brawler's Guild Returns! (Guide)After a quick break to mend some wounds and broken bones, everyone's favorite fighting series is back. A new set of challenging encounters are coming to town, and it's up to you to muscle your way past them for glory and prizes.New solo boss fights:

Invites to the Brawler's Guild have been reset. Please look for a when opening emissary bags or completing dungeons. If you just can't wait to get your invitation, you might want to fight the elite vrykul of in , who know a thing or two about brawling.New Micro-Holidays (Guide)Many special days of the year are coming to Azeroth. Prepare to join everyone as, for one to three days, players celebrate unique occurrences such as the , , and the .

Updated Features

and Class Hall Updates (Guide)New Bind-on-Account items are available from the Artifact Researcher in your Class Hall. These items can be sent to alternate characters to immediately get them to higher levels.For new players just reaching 110, there is a new set of repeatable quests that will allow you to immediately exchange Order Hall Resources for Artifact Knowledge up to level 15.The time it takes to complete Class Hall research has been reduced. A shorter time to complete Class Hall research for Tiers 3, 4, 5, and 6 will make it easier to upgrade your Class Halls on alts and new characters.Find Premade Groups from the Quest TrackerWhen you're looking for players that are doing the same World Quest, you can now easily search for groups in the Quest Tracker. For group quests, a small button will appear next to the quest name. For all other quests, right click the quest name and then click “Find Group.” This will automatically launch a search for groups of players who are doing that quest. If none are found, you can start a group with one click – all the details will be filled in for you.More Group Finder updates:

A new option allows you to make groups only visible to friends and guildmates of people in the group.

When searching for groups, groups who need your role (based on your active specialization) are sorted to the top of the list.

You will receive a more descriptive message when you are declined when attempting to join a group that is full.

Legion Companion AppThe Legion Companion App has been updated to support World of Warcraft Patch 7.1.5, including bug fixes and functionality improvements.New Legendary Items (Guide)Many new and wondrous Legendary items are now to be found in the Broken Isles. The hunt is on for new Legendaries for every class!Professions

A new quest has been added which rewards and unlocks a new shoulder enchant for Engineers: Boon of the Builder.

can be purchased from after this quest is completed.

rewards s from kills in the world, about once an hour. These can contain guns/gun parts, engineering consumables, new goggle recipes, and a special new reagent called , used for goggles (see below).

Added a new quest at level 110 for that rewards the recipe for a . This item can be used once every 30 minutes and does not have charges. Four new goggles have been added, with a base item level of 880. Damage from the click effect for all Legion goggles is now similar to the damage from , with a shared cooldown. The damage for has been increased substantially. Inscription

All Vantus Runes have had their benefit increased from 1000 Versatility to 1500 Versatility.

The material cost of all Vantus Rune recipes has been reduced by half.

now restores 35 Fury per second while channeling Eye Beam, in addition to increasing the duration.

now hits all nearby enemies, including the original target, for 10% of the damage it inflicts.

proc chance reduced to 60% (was 75%).

now has a 25% chance to create a Lesser Soul Fragment with no cooldown (was a 50% chance, 15 second cooldown). Consuming a generates 35 Fury (was 30). Lesser Soul Fragments now spawn to the left or right of the Demon Hunter.

now lasts 8 seconds (was 5 seconds).

no longer replaces , and now increases the damage reduction effect by an additional 15%.

damage increased by 20%.

damage increased by 30%, cooldown reduced to 30 seconds (was 35 seconds), and the Fury cost has been reduced to 10 (was 20).

increases your armor by 100% while active, and Ice Block applies Ice Barrier to you when it fades.

is now learned at level 52, and has been redesigned:

Finishes the cooldown of your , , , and Ice Block, with a 5-minute cooldown.

New talent available at level 75, replacing Ice Floes: .

Your chilling effects snare enemies by an additional 15%.

At level 63, Blizzard (Rank 2) now causes the cooldown of Frozen Orb to be reduced by 0.5 seconds each time Blizzard does damage. Blizzard no longer activates . now increases the damage of by 10%/stack (was 20%). damage increased by 99%. damage increased by 22% and now grants Brain Freeze (was Fingers of Frost). Frost Armor has been removed. damage reduced by 17%. is now passive, and increases proc chance by 40%. damage before icicles increased by 33%. causes melee attacks against you to snare the attacker by 50%. is now learned by Frost Mage only at level 50. is now available at level 30. damage increased by 34%.It’s Cold Outside no longer gives Waterbolt a chance to generate Fingers of Frost.Mirror Images’ Frostbolt damage increased by 80%. damage increased by 5%. trait increases size by 20/40/60% (was 33/66/100%).

: When you cast Renew on yourself, it additionally reduces all damage taken by 10%.

Holy Priest now learns at level 52.'s chance to activate has been reduced to 40% (was 50%). now additionally reduces the cooldown of Prayer of Mending by 2 seconds. healing increased to 250% (was 200%). now heals the target and the 4 nearest allies (was 5 random injured targets). (Artifact trait) chance to not consume a charge of Prayer of Mending reduced is now 6/12/18/24/36% (was 10/15/20/25/35%). duration is now 12 seconds (was 10 seconds).

Now has 25% the caster's spell power as attack power (was 5%), and 45% for Primal version.

Creates a great deal of threat to nearby enemies.

Now has a duration of 1 minute (was 15 seconds) and a cooldown of 5 minutes (was 2 minutes).

Several Elemental talents have changed positions:

replaces at level 75.

replaces at level 100.

replaces at level 90.

replaces at level 60.

replaces at level 90.

replaces at level 60.

now refunds 30% of (was 25%). damage is now 55% of spell power (was 50%).

duration is now 6 seconds (was 10 seconds) and damage per tick is now 50% (was 30%). damage is now 680% (was 525%). now provides a bonus of 2400 to a stat (was 1200). damage is now 900% (was 180%). damage is now 110% (was 80%). bonus to is now 10% (was 5%). cooldown is now 2.5 minutes (was 5 minutes) and duration is now 30 seconds (was 60 seconds). Storm Elemental damage is now 48% (was 42%) and damage is now 96% (was 84%).

Enhancement

The damage done by most Enhancement spells has been increased by 16%.

now generates 12 Maelstrom per second (was 10).

damage increased by 14%.

no longer increases your critical strike chance by 5%.

no longer costs .

damage is now 1100% of attack power (was 800%).

bonus is now 50% (was 35%).

damage is now 40% of attack power (was 30%), and costs 3 /second (was 5).

has been removed. extends by 1.0 seconds (was 1.5 seconds) now gives 15 Rage (was 10). now affects Thunder Clap (was Revenge). ignores up to 100% more damage (was 75%).Ravager damage increased by 25%. increases your Parry chance by 35% (was 30%). damage increased by 29%, and now has a chance to reset Shield Slam’s cooldown. now has a 3 second cooldown, and costs 30 Rage. Dodge/Parry makes your next free. now transfers 30% of damage (was 20%). now costs 15 Rage. now generates 5 Rage, and its damage has been increased by 100%. has been removed. now affects (was ). now stuns for 2.5 seconds (was 1.5 seconds). also reduces the cooldown of by 15 seconds.

To allow more options in the gear your character equips, secondary stat ratings (Critical Strike, Haste, Mastery, and Versatility) now contribute less of their respective secondary stat per point. To compensate, the total amount of stats on all items above level 800 has been increased. Additionally, the stats on ring and neck slot items now increase more substantially with item level. As a result, overall performance should remain similar to how it was prior to Patch 7.1.5, but higher item level items will more regularly be an attractive choice when upgrading your gear, especially in the ring and neck slots.

New item available for 200 gold from Draemus in Dalaran:

Permanently enchants shoulders with the enchantment, allowing the wearer to obtain from the corpses of their enemies.

Legendary item adjustments:

: Now grants movement speed based on Haste or Crit, whichever is higher. Additionally, the movement speed bonus now stacks with other movement speed bonuses.

: Your attacks cause an additional 30% damage as Physical to enemies above 90% health and heal you for 100% of the damage done.

: Standing still for 8 seconds grants you Foresight, allowing you to cast while moving for 5 seconds. This duration begins when you start moving.

: Every 30 seconds, gain an absorb shield for 15% (25% for non-tanks) of your maximum health for 30 seconds. Now has Critical Strike, Haste, and Mastery as secondary stats.

: Standing still causes you to send deep roots into the ground healing you for 3% of your maximum health every 1 second (was 4% every 3 seconds).

: Successfully applying a loss of control effect to an enemy, interrupting an enemy, or dispelling any target grants you 70% increased movement speed and 25% Haste (was 15%) for 10 seconds. This effect may occur once every 30 seconds.

Demon Hunter

(Vengeance) : Metamorphosis resets the remaining cooldown on all your Sigils and Empower Wards, and grants 1 charge of . Now procs when (talent) procs.

now stacks up to 2 times (was 3). no longer reduces the mana cost of . now suppresses movement speed reductions while allies are standing in your Consecration. increases the duration of Divine Steed by 2 seconds (was 4).

Reduces the cooldown of by 33%, and now also applies Mortal Wound to all targets you hit.

is now a level 8 honor talent (was 43). has moved from being a level 25 to level 28 honor talent. now also increases the Rage you gain when you charge by 25. removed. New Talent:

You challenge the target to a duel. While challenged, all damage you and the target deal to all targets other than each other is reduced by 50%. Lasts 8 seconds.

New Talent:

You throw down a banner at your feet, rallying your allies and increasing movement speed by 30%, and reducing the duration of all incoming crowd control effects by 50% within 30 yards. Lasts 15 seconds.

Fury

Fury Warrior's template secondary stats have been adjusted:

75% Mastery

150% Haste

100% Versatility

75% Critical Strike

Enrage reduces damage taken in PvP situations by 10% (was 20%). further reduces this to 5% (was 15%). removed. now has a 15 second cooldown, and stacks up to 15 times (was 5).

Комментарий от Leduan

Комментарий от lankybrit

With that and the long loading screen times, I'm done with WoW. Cya everyone.

Комментарий от heartsdee

on 2017-01-09T15:27:32-06:00

nothing about wow token?

doesn't look like it, although stuff sneaks in without being in the notes all the time, so we'll have to see for sure tomorrow after server up!

Комментарий от bossfight1

on 2017-01-09T15:34:46-06:00

Nothing about Soul Prism of the Illidari being made less awful. Gnuuuuuuuuuugh

Комментарий от Neodragon77

on 2017-01-09T15:36:24-06:00

"Mind Sear has been removed."

With that and the long loading screen times, I'm done with WoW. Cya everyone.

Long loading screen times? And did you miss the part where mind flay damages nearby enemies if they have SW:P applied?

Комментарий от GordonBuchat

on 2017-01-09T15:42:21-06:00

I see that although WQ's will reset, they say the status of your EQ's won't be affected.

INB4 that doesn't work out as anticipated and huge influx of QQ when the status of EQ's already gets reset. You read that here first.

Might be a good idea to complete any in progress EQ's just to be safe. :)

Комментарий от Araelian

on 2017-01-09T15:43:05-06:00

Some of their notes seem to reflect a previous build, not the current one, most notably the marksman vulnerable mechanic being 7 seconds and the maelfic grasp bonus damage only being 20%.

Edit: They still seem to be adjusting numbers and such... so disregard my statement.

Комментарий от hesthrim

on 2017-01-09T15:44:27-06:00

And still no help for Fury, the squishiest class in the game. A bit more DPS is great and all, but survivability will still suck.

Комментарий от oaninor

on 2017-01-09T15:49:54-06:00

I was expecting the wow token info. I´m extremely sick of my ghost server (Drakkari, the second server less populated of US). I have the hope to change my 12 alts and my guild with tokens, to a PvE server since the PvP changes will motivate more the gankers of low lvls that are a disease on my server. now, I see that is time for a long, really long break from this game. >:(

Комментарий от Sh1n1gam1

on 2017-01-09T16:00:53-06:00

guess is time to put to rest my lock and use my DK zzzzzzzzzzz

Комментарий от Chan418

on 2017-01-09T16:01:38-06:00

I was thinking the exact same thing lol. Apparently the dude didn't continue to read after that.

Комментарий от SoundBox97

on 2017-01-09T16:03:05-06:00

The rupture link under assassin rogues links to a battle pet ability, not the rogue ability

Комментарий от tastemyfur

on 2017-01-09T16:07:51-06:00

"Mind Sear has been removed."

With that and the long loading screen times, I'm done with WoW. Cya everyone.

Old but... Did he drop any gud lewt?

Комментарий от Feelthechill

on 2017-01-09T16:09:25-06:00

"Mind Sear has been removed."

With that and the long loading screen times, I'm done with WoW. Cya everyone.

SSD

Комментарий от Whulfgar1

on 2017-01-09T16:14:18-06:00

Im not sure about all classes but a lot of the Havoc DH tooltips linked dont match the notes after them...so which is current?

Комментарий от Inevitable82

on 2017-01-09T16:15:15-06:00

Hunters not getting traps back?

Комментарий от prator

on 2017-01-09T16:17:46-06:00

Retribution paladin nothing new, just "damage increase" the forgotten class. It's a shame as it ruins one class and others op.

Комментарий от cloudotq

on 2017-01-09T16:30:33-06:00

How much are the class hall upgrades reduced in terms of time? Is it retroactive so if your currently researching the time is cut for you too?

Комментарий от Superczar

on 2017-01-09T16:43:09-06:00

Love how we got micro holidays, but no real improvements to the garbage that has become professions.